Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan
(RSMA) is aimed at expanding and improving the standards of secondary education
classes VIII to X. The RSMA would also take secondary education to every corner
of the country by ensuring a secondary school (up to class X) within a radius of
5km for every neighbourhood. Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) which is
the most recent initiative of Government of India to achieve the goal of universalisation
of secondary education (USE).

The Sarva Shiksha Abhiyaan program
set up by the government to bring elementary education to millions of children has
been successful to a large extent, and has thus created a need for strengthening
secondary education infrastructure across the country. The HRD Ministry has taken
note of this, and now plans to implement a secondary education scheme called Rashtriya
Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyaan (RMSA) during the 11th plan at a total cost of Rs.20,120
crore. “With the successful implementation of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, a large
number of students are passing out from upper primary classes creating a huge demand
for secondary education,” the HRD Ministry said.